Tuesday, October 17, 2006

New Bill Signed Today That Will Save Us...

...from having fair trials, legal representation, habeas corpus, and from not being able to be put to death on hearsay...

Whew! finally, those witch trials can begin again in earnest...

beatings, torture, why not see if suspected terrorists float or not?

Read Full Article Here

and here is a snippet from the article where the director of the ACLU comments,

The American Civil Liberties Union said the new law is "one of the worst civil liberties measures ever enacted in American history."

"The president can now, with the approval of Congress, indefinitely hold people without charge, take away protections against horrific abuse, put people on trial based on hearsay evidence, authorize trials that can sentence people to death based on testimony literally beaten out of witnesses, and slam shut the courthouse door for habeas petitions," said ACLU Executive Director Anthony D. Romero.

"Nothing could be further from the American values we all hold in our hearts than the Military Commissions Act," he said.

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